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Leprosy Making a Comeback in Madagascar
Mamysoa realized she had a problem after she stepped too close to the fire. “I burned my foot quite badly, but it hardly hurt at all,” she recalled. The 20-year-old housekeeper recently became one of five new cases of leprosy that Abdoul Zamandrahengo...
Elections Could be Held in Crisis-hit Madagascar in the Next 12 Months
Elections could be held in crisis-hit Madagascar in the next 12 months following recent regional-led talks in the capital Antananarivo, South African International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman told reporters in Cape Town on...
Madagascar Accepts Southern African Development Community Election Roadmap
Madagascar’s three major political movements – representing over 80 percent of the Malagasy people, have welcomed the announcement by the Southern African Development Community, SADC “troika” that it is to convene an urgent extraordinary summit...
Former Malagasy President Blocked From Boarding Aircraft in South Africa
Former Madagascan president Marc Ravalomanana was blocked from leaving South Africa on Saturday, after South African Airways refused to give him a boarding pass citing a letter from the Madagascan civil aviation authority.
South Afrcia Warns Against Former Malagasy President Ravalomanana’s Plans
South Africa has cautioned against “unilateral measures” taken prior to the Southern African Development Community’s report on the political crisis in Madagascar.
Rice is ‘becoming a Luxury’ in Madagascar
The price of rice, the staple food in Madagascar, has doubled in the past two years, forcing residents in the capital, Antananarivo, to halve their consumption. “At almost 2,000 ariary (US$1) a kilogram, rice has become a luxury item,” Tiana...
MADAGASCAR: Will AU Sanctions be a ‘wake-up Call’
True to its word, the African Union (AU) has announced the imposition of sanctions against Madagascar’s “de facto authorities” – exactly a year after Andry Rajoelina, backed by the military, ousted former President Marc Ravalomanana. Read...
Madagascar’s President Sacks Consensus Prime Minister
Madagascar’s consensus Prime Minister, Eugene Mangalaza has been dismissed following his return from Maputo (Mozambique) where he had participated along with leaders of the three political movements and other heads of institutions of the transition...
